Ottawa Tribes: Difference between revisions

'''Various spellings:''' Ottawa, Ottowa, Ottoway  

The [[Chippewa Indians|Chippewa,]] [[Potawatomi Indians|Potawatomi]] and the Ottawa formed the Council of Three Fires.  

The tribe is federally recognized as the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma.  

=== Tribal Headquarters  ===

*[http://www.gtbindians.org/contact-us.html Grand River Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians] government offices at Peshawbestown, Michigan  

*'''1979:''' Ottawa Tribe reestablished as a federally recognized government when the Ottawa Council and the U.S. Congress ratified the Constitution. Present day members of the Ottawa of Oklahoma tribe must present proof of blood relatives on the 1956 roll and an original birth certificate.

=== Reservations  ===

The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Illinois has been compiled from Hill's ''Office of Indian Affairs...''<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches'', Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc. 1974. (Family History Library {{FHL|247426|title-id|disp=book 970.1 H551o}}.)</ref>, Hill's ''Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians''<ref>Hill, Edward E. (comp.). ''Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians''. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981. (FHL {{FHL|207428|title-id|disp=book 970.1 H551g}}.)</ref>, and others.  

While the tribe was located in the East:  

'''Correspondence and Census'''  

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M234 RG 75 Rolls 962  

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Film  

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Post-1885 Census  

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Number  

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| Ottawa, Kansas  

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| Washington D.C.  

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'''1836 census - 6th article of 1836 Treaty of of men, women and children {{FHL|Film: 982330}} Item 4 or {{FHL|Book: Q 970.1 Al #4}}'''  

*Quapaw Agency, M595, birth and death 1924-1932, {{FHL|Film: 581408}}

'''Cemetery Records'''  

== References  ==

==== Bibliography  ====

*[http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/075.html Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75], Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.  

*Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/ Available online].  

*Klein, Barry T., ed. ''Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian''. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317923332?referer=list_view WorldCat 317923332]; {{FHL|1122745|title-id|disp=FHL book 970.1 R259e}}.  

:Volume 1 -- Not yet published  

:Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301504096&referer=brief_results WorldCat 301504096]; {{FHL|248632|title-id|disp=FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10}}.  

:Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/254277176&referer=brief_results WorldCat 254277176]  

:Volume 16 -- Not yet published  

:Volume 18 -- Not yet published  

:Volume 19 -- Not yet published